i know what obama would say. i don't know what romney would say or gates who served under obama. >> interesting to know that to get a better indicator where they want to see the department go. >> moderator of meet the press. >> i am at brookings. can they do both? >> we should mention the broad budget environment. we have a situation that backs up marvin's point because mid romney has been specific about wanting to increase defense but not about increasing diplomacy or implication but lower priority. if you look generally at his budget and i am not saying this for my own accounting but various organizations like the federal budget deciding on both candidates overall fiscal projections and hold them to reality with both claiming they want to reduce the deficit. neither one is great. i never thought i would miss ross perot but i miss him a little. president obama has been more specific how he would cast the deficit. mitt romney has talked about plans to reduce tax reductions to lower rates and still not lower reven